Gun stolen decade ago in Friendswood turns up in Maryland SWAT scene

By Robert Stanton |
May 29, 2013

In October 2002, a Friendswood resident called police to report that two guns had been stolen from his vehicle.

Police arrived at the scene, and entered the serial numbers of the weapons into the national database. But with few leads, the case "went inactive due to a lack of evidence or suspect information," according to Friendswood police.

Fast-forward to mid-May, and the investigation suddenly came alive.

"On May 17, police officers in Prince George County, Maryland responded to a barricaded suspect holding his girlfriend hostage," Friendswood police said in a press release. "After hours of negotiating, a SWAT team entered the residence and arrested the suspect. The pistol used by the suspect was one of the guns stolen in Friendswood's 2002 case."

Not surprisingly, the suspect is refusing to cooperate with police questions about how he obtained the stolen gun, police said.